Radio Caroline North and Manx Radio

Oscarziggy · 11-01-2021 12:40pm

Schedule -
Saturday 16th January
00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 John Ellery
08:00 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from ManxRadio
10:30 Chris Pearson
13:30 Johnny Lewis
16:30 Ray Copeland
19:00 Andrew Austin
21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 17th January
00:00 Kevin Peters
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Steve Anthony
09:00 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 Ray Copeland
17:00 Andrew Austin
19:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close.

Stay in good health

Oscarziggy · 16-01-2021 12:41pm

Listening to Carnaby Street on 1368khz and an interesting "A cappella" version of Jennifer Eccles by the Hollies!!
It wasn't of course - just the left channel which contains the instruments was missing on mono AM .
Enjoy the week end .

dxhound2005 · 16-01-2021 2:13pm

Also being relayed on 1494 kHz in Dundalk, local pirate. About 10 seconds behind 1368, which is about a second behind 648.

dxhound2005 · 24-01-2021 5:42pm

The Dundalk pirate is still relaying Caroline this weekend. Now on 1615 kHz, they have used about 10 different frequencies, medium wave and shortwave over the years. Fairly strong signal on the SDR in Carlow, so they must have upped the power.

24-01-2021 5:57pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Dundalk pirate is still relaying Caroline this weekend. Now on 1615 kHz, they have used about 10 different frequencies, medium wave and shortwave over the years. Fairly strong signal on the SDR in Carlow, so they must have upped the power.

Hah is that you I see on the SDR listening now ?

Yeah stronger on the Megaloop FX than the Megadipol, the Megadipol is great for DX.

How do you know it's the Dundalk pirate ?

24-01-2021 6:01pm

It's great the improvements they have made to the Kiwi SDR, SAM, DRM, really great to have.

Shame the audio quality on DRM is crap. Pity they choose really low bitrates.

dxhound2005 · 24-01-2021 7:42pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Hah is that you I see on the SDR listening now ?

Yeah stronger on the Megaloop FX than the Megadipol, the Megadipol is great for DX.

How do you know it's the Dundalk pirate ?

It's 60 dB over 9 in Dundalk. And very strong on the second harmonic 3230 kHz. In previous times a few miles away in any direction, no signal on the car radio (1494 kHz).

Incidentally your SDR has a fairly strong signal from RTE 1 on 504 kHz, the second harmonic of 252.

24-01-2021 8:25pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

It's 60 dB over 9 in Dundalk. And very strong on the second harmonic 3230 kHz. In previous times a few miles away in any direction, no signal on the car radio (1494 kHz).

Incidentally your SDR has a fairly strong signal from RTE 1 on 504 kHz, the second harmonic of 252.

Yeah I noticed RTE on 504 before.

Oscarziggy · 05-02-2021 10:03pm

Whoosh - middle of February already (well next week end it will be )
Radio Caroline North back on the air via Manx Radio on 1368khz,648khz,online ,smart speaker and mobile phones.
Starting at 10:30am on Saturday 13th February .
Have fun .
Schedule to follow .

Keep in good health.

Declan A Walsh · 06-02-2021 12:58am

Oscarziggy wrote: »

Whoosh - middle of February already (well next week end it will be )
Radio Caroline North back on the air via Manx Radio on 1368khz,648khz,online ,smart speaker and mobile phones.
Starting at 10:30am on Saturday 13th February .
Have fun .
Schedule to follow .

Keep in good health.

Manx Radio AM (as well as Manx Radio FM) is available on the Radio Garden app ( http://radio.garden ). I wish I had thought of that before! That will be another way to pick it up. This might work online: http://radio.garden/listen/manx-radio-am/IT_RwpVd
or just download the app.

Oscarziggy · 06-02-2021 1:34pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Manx Radio AM (as well as Manx Radio FM) is available on the Radio Garden app ( http://radio.garden ). I wish I had thought of that before! That will be another way to pick it up. This might work online: http://radio.garden/listen/manx-radio-am/IT_RwpVd
or just download the app.

Radio Garden gives hours of fun !
We loose an hour between 5pm and 6pm on Saturday when Manx have their sport programme but 648khz skywave has just about kicked in by then .
I'm normally in an area of no internet for these week ends but not this time .!

Oscarziggy · 06-02-2021 3:00pm

Saturday 13th February
00:00 - 06:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 - 08:30 John Ellery
08:30 - 10:30 Chris Williams (Carnaby Street from Manx Radio)
10:30 - 13:00 Chris Pearson
13:00 - 15:30 Johnny Lewis
15:30 - 18:30 Ray Copeland
18:30 – 21:00 Andrew Austin
21:00 – 00:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 14th February
00:00 - 03:00 Kevin Peters
03:00 - 06:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 - 09:00 Steve Antony
09:00 - 13:00 Johnny Lewis
13:00 - 15:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 - 17:00 Ray Copeland
17:00 – 19:00 Andrew Austin
19:00 – 21:00 Dave Foster

Have fun.

Oscarziggy · 08-03-2021 1:16pm

Another Caroline North week end 13th / 14th March .
Schedule.
Saturday 13th March00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 John Ellery
08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio
10:30 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Ray Copeland
15:30 Chris Pearson
18:30 Andrew Austin
21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 14th March
00:00 Kevin Peters
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Steve Anthony
09:00 Johnny Lewis
12:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 Ray Copeland
17:00 Andrew Austin
19:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close

Stay in good health .

Declan A Walsh · 08-03-2021 1:20pm

I completely forgot last month. Maybe I will remember to tune in this time, with the aid of my Radio Garden app!

Oscarziggy · 08-03-2021 1:27pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I completely forgot last month. Maybe I will remember to tune in this time, with the aid of my Radio Garden app!

Yes , Radio Garden is great fun !
Sadly not from the Ross Revenge again due to travel restrictions etc .
At least the water damage in the studios onboard hasn't caused too many problems with the equipment . Good old WD-40 !

Declan A Walsh · 14-03-2021 6:50pm

I have been dipping in and out, yesterday and today, of this Radio Caroline North broadcast in conjunction with Manx Radio AM. Interesting to hear. I take it that the first program on the schedule (Carnaby Street) is the only one that was also on Manx Radio FM. Not that it really matters to me as I was using Radio Garden to pick up Manx Radio AM! I also gather that Carnaby Street is a weekly program on Manx Radio. I might listen to that again randomly on weekends.

EDIT: Incidentally, Radio Caroline AM 648 can be picked up on Radio Garden any time when the joint broadcasts are not on.

Oscarziggy · 14-03-2021 8:13pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I have been dipping in and out, yesterday and today, of this Radio Caroline North broadcast in conjunction with Manx Radio AM. Interesting to hear. I take it that the first program on the schedule (Carnaby Street) is the only one that was also on Manx Radio FM. Not that it really matters to me as I was using Radio Garden to pick up Manx Radio AM! I also gather that Carnaby Street is a weekly program on Manx Radio. I might listen to that again randomly on weekends.

EDIT: Incidentally, Radio Caroline AM 648 can be picked up on Radio Garden any time when the joint broadcasts are not on.

Declan - Carnaby Street is a must for me every Saturday morning and yes it is also on Manx Radio FM as well as 648khz during the Radio Caroline North week ends.
648khz does very well with just 1kw from Orfordness - there are sniffs of it all day on one of Mad lad's SDRs.

yiddo59 · 14-03-2021 10:32pm

Haven't listened the last couple of months. They fact that they're all operating remotely and not from the ship definitely reduces the energy and atmosphere of the broadcasts. Hopefully they'll be back on the Ross soon!

Oscarziggy · 14-03-2021 11:13pm

yiddo59 wrote: »

Haven't listened the last couple of months. They fact that they're all operating remotely and not from the ship definitely reduces the energy and atmosphere of the broadcasts. Hopefully they'll be back on the Ross soon!

Hopefully back on the Ross Revenge in June -- announced yesterday .
There has been a slight bit of water damage to the studios on the Ross which has been sorted -- a leak from above -- not salty water !!

Oscarziggy · 29-03-2021 10:12pm

Easter schedule : 3 days starting Friday !
Happy Easter all

Friday 2nd April
00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
09:00 Top Fifteens
10:00 Johnny Lewis
14:00 Steve Anthony
16:00 Andrew Austin
20:00 Dave Foster

Saturday 3rd April
00:00 John Ellery
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Steve Anthony
08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio
10:30 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Ray Copeland
15:30 Ray Clark
18:30 Andrew Austin
21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 4th April
00:00 Kevin Peters
03:00 Clive Derek
06:00 Dave Foster
09:00 Top Fifteens
10:00 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Ray Copeland
16:00 Andrew Austin
19:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close

Declan A Walsh · 03-04-2021 11:34am

I see so far this weekend Radio Caroline 648 are doing their own programming - not teaming with Manx Radio AM - for Radio Caroline North.

Oscarziggy · 03-04-2021 1:30pm

Just checked 648khz and Caroline North is on there .

Declan A Walsh · 04-04-2021 11:37am

From what I can make out, Radio Caroline North is largely broadcast on Manx Radio AM billed as Radio Caroline 1368, while Radio Caroline 648 have mainly their own schedule - going by Radio Caroline's website. For example, Pat Edison is on Radio Caroline 648 while Johnny Lewis is on the other frequency. I can pick up Manx Radio AM and Radio Caroline 648 on Radio Garden and heard both of them! It looks like later on this afternoon they may have the same programming.

Oscarziggy · 01-05-2021 12:20pm

Next link up with Manx Radio is 8th / 9th May .
Schedule to follow .

Have fun

Oscarziggy · 04-05-2021 7:26pm

Schedule:
Saturday 8th May
00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 Steve Anthony
08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio
10:30 Johnny Lewis
12:30 Paul McKenna
15:00 Chris Pearson
17:00 Ray Copeland
19:00 Andrew Austin
21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 9th May
00:00 Kevin Peters
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Steve Anthony
09:00 Johnny Lewis
12:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 Ray Copeland
17:00 Andrew Austin
19:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close

Enjoy the week end

Oscarziggy · 20-06-2021 6:59pm

Back on board the Ross Revenge 26th/27th June .
Schedule to follow .

Oscarziggy · 21-06-2021 1:28pm

Schedule .
Saturday 26th June
00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 John Ellery
08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio
10:30 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Paul McKenna
15:30 Chris Pearson
18:00 Ray Copeland
21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 27th June
00:00 Clive Derek
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Ray Copeland
09:00 Johnny Lewis
12:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 Andrew Austin
18:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close

Have fun

Declan A Walsh · 21-06-2021 1:55pm

It would be great if Steve Conway got involved again. He spent quite a bit of time on the Ross Revenge between 1987 and 1990, including spending time as Programme Controller. I know he was involved in Caroline's first foray into legal broadcasts later in the 1990s with it's restricted service licences (known as temporary licences here), and he was involved when it was broadcasting as a satellite station, and online for a while. Steve wrote about his "adventures" with his wonderful book Shiprocked. And let's not forget he happened to be on board when the Ross Revenge had to be rescued.

yiddo59 · 22-06-2021 8:59pm

Oscarziggy wrote: »

Schedule .
Saturday 26th June
00:00 Continuous Caroline Music
06:00 John Ellery
08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio
10:30 Johnny Lewis
13:00 Paul McKenna
15:30 Chris Pearson
18:00 Ray Copeland
21:00 Andrew Austin

Sunday 27th June
00:00 Clive Derek
03:00 Bill Rollins
06:00 Ray Copeland
09:00 Johnny Lewis
12:00 Chris Pearson
15:00 Andrew Austin
18:00 Dave Foster
21:00 Close

Have fun

Looking forward to this! Being back on the ship should definitely improve the atmosphere!

23-06-2021 7:33am

What's the frequency for the ship ? will listen out if I get the chance but they're probably only allowed stupidly low power ? I mean who cares today if BBC are leaving MW ? why can't they transmit at high power ?

Ger Roe · 23-06-2021 10:08am

They don't operate broadcast transmitters directly from the ship - 1368Khz @ 20KW is from Manx Radio and 648Khz @ 1KW from Caroline's own landbased site at Orfordness, Suffolk.

I was on the ship in 2004 when it was berthed at Tilbury for its 40th birthday weekend and they were operating directly on a temp licence with an allocated ERP of 1 Watt on medium wave. Lucklily 'supporters' all around the UK and Ireland oranised unauthorised relays from the webstream to give them the wider coverage they deserved - as far as I remember there were medium wave relays on air in Dublin and Waterford over that weekend.

I think that was the last time that there was a broadcast band signal sent from the ship - only really audible if you were in Tilbury at the time, but it sounded great pumped out of a PA system on the deck.

Declan A Walsh · 23-06-2021 12:15pm

Ger Roe wrote: »

They don't operate broadcast transmitters directly from the ship - 1368Khz @ 20KW is from Manx Radio and 648Khz @ 1KW from Caroline's own landbased site at Orfordness, Sussex.

I was on the ship in 2004 when it was berthed at Tilbury for its 40th birthday weekend and they were operating directly on a temp licence with an allocated ERP of 1 Watt on medium wave. Lucklily 'supporters' all around the UK and Ireland oranised unauthorised relays from the webstream to give them the wider coverage they deserved - as far as I remember there were medium wave relays on air in Dublin and Waterford over that weekend.

I think that was the last time that there was a broadcast band signal sent from the ship - only really audible if you were in Tilbury at the time, but it sounded great pumped out of a PA system on the deck.

Both available on Radio Garden.

dxhound2005 · 23-06-2021 11:01pm

Ger Roe wrote: »

They don't operate broadcast transmitters directly from the ship - 1368Khz @ 20KW is from Manx Radio and 648Khz @ 1KW from Caroline's own landbased site at Orfordness, Sussex.

Suffolk.

Ger Roe · 24-06-2021 11:27am

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Suffolk.

I was never great on British geography - I always answer well when watching 'The Chase' .... except for British counties, lakes, rivers etc

Declan A Walsh · 24-06-2021 12:03pm

Ger Roe wrote: »

I was never great on British geography - I always answer well when watching 'The Chase' .... except for British counties, lakes, rivers etc

You just need to brush up on British geography and you could be the next chaser, specialising in all things radio!

Ger Roe · 25-06-2021 10:35am

I was channel hopping last night and stopped briefly on one of the three satellite channels that were showing repeats of 'Classic Millionaire'.

I was shouting at the TV when Chris Tarrant asked 'The pirate station Radio Caroline was named after a daughter of which U.S. President? - £150,000 up for grabs with a choice of four presidents and the contestant didn't know!!!

Shouting at the TV is a sign of getting old.... as is knowing the answer to the question .... apparently.;)

Anyway,, back on topic - alarm is set for 08:30hrs tomorrow morning to hear Chris Williams with Carnaby Street from Manx Radio, before the long awaited Return to The Ross @ 10:30hrs.

Watch out for Facebook updates later today when the broadcast crew arrive on board and set up for the weekend ahead.

https://www.facebook.com/radiocarolineofficial/

Oscarziggy · 25-06-2021 9:29pm

Have a peaceful week end .

turbocab · 25-06-2021 10:33pm

Oscarziggy wrote: »

Have a peaceful week end .

you too .energy on 1395khz tonight at 750 watts.

Ger Roe · 26-06-2021 11:25am

I am not sure if we can post Facebook videos on boards... but there is a nice short video on the Caroline Facebook page of Johnny Lewis making the return to air announcement this morning.

The first public visitors have also arrived for a tour around the ship.

https://www.facebook.com/radiocarolineofficial/

kazoo106 · 26-06-2021 12:15pm

There must be a fair amount of directional copper in the ground still left at that TX site - 648 is booming in (groundwave) onto online SDR's in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Oscarziggy · 26-06-2021 10:29pm

turbocab wrote: »

you too .energy on 1395khz tonight at 750 watts.

I dropped in briefly to 1395 khz on Saturday morning in the car on my way to the North Pembrokeshire coast and Energy was there but not really strong enough when "up hill and down dale" .
I love the Caroline North week ends and 1368khz with it's 20kw (or is it 10kw ? Chris Williams always says 20,000 watts .) is such a strong signal here.

Good to hear Energy.

dxhound2005 · 26-06-2021 10:50pm

The Dundalk pirate on 1494 kHz was not relaying Caroline earlier, but it is tonight Saturday 26 June. I can hear it with fading on the Carlow SDR, about 5 seconds behind 1368, at 10:48 pm. Massively strong in Dundalk.

http://emeraldsdr1.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

kazoo106 · 26-06-2021 11:39pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Dundalk pirate on 1494 kHz was not relaying Caroline earlier, but it is tonight Saturday 26 June. I can hear it with fading on the Carlow SDR, about 5 seconds behind 1368, at 10:48 pm. Massively strong in Dundalk.

http://emeraldsdr1.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

I've noticed both on DAB

Oscarziggy · 27-06-2021 9:03pm

Excellent week end again .
Thanks everyone - especially Manx Radio for 1368khz .

kazoo106 · 27-06-2021 9:05pm

Wonder how much do they pay for 1368?
There is an announcement that goes out after the broadcast explaining this is a commercial agreement.

27-06-2021 10:12pm

RTE should let them have LW 252 an odd time

27-06-2021 11:46pm

Johns nephew wrote: »

RTE should let them have LW 252 an odd time

RTE would rather burn the transmitter than have People listen to such woeful technology !

Oscarziggy · 28-06-2021 2:25pm

Only 3 weeks to the next one !
Great atmosphere from the Ross Revenge .

Oscarziggy · 15-07-2021 2:37pm

Schedule :

Saturday 17th July

00:00 Continuous Caroline Music

06:00 John Ellery

08:30 Chris Williams Carnaby Street from Manx Radio

10:30 Peter Philips

13:30 Ray Copeland

16:00 Barry James

19:00 Andrew Austin

21:00 Dave Foster

Sunday 18th July

00:00 Clive Derek

03:00 Bill Rollins

06:00 Barry James

09:00 Peter Philips

13:00 Ray Copeland

16:00 Andrew Austin

19:00 Dave Foster

21:00 Close

Enjoy the week end .

Oscarziggy · 24-07-2021 10:08pm

Hope the issues that plagued the 1368khz MW signal will be ironed out before the 3 day broadcast on 13/14/15th August .

The fundraising broadcast.

Radio Caroline North and Manx Radio

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